<DIV>Thanks for the suggestion. But this changes the meaning of my sentence since the footnote&nbsp;annotates the last word, not the whole sentence. Is there a better way?</DIV>
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<DIV>Wei<BR><BR><B><I>Philip TAYLOR &lt;P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Probably better to write "blahblah.\footnote{blah blah}"<BR><BR>Philip Taylor<BR>--------<BR>wei qin wrote:<BR><BR>&gt; Hi,<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; I have a problem using footnote. If I write something like <BR>&gt; "blahblah\footnote{blah blah}.", there appears a wide gap (almost <BR>&gt; a letter wide) between the superscript footnote index and the full stop. <BR>&gt; Is there a way to reduce the width of the gap?<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Thanks in advance,<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Wei<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>&gt; Do you Yahoo!?<BR>&gt; New and Improved Yahoo! Mail <BR>&gt; <HTTP: efficiency.html static new_mail promotions.yahoo.com *http: 10 taglines mail_us us.rd.yahoo.com><BR>&gt; - Send 10MB messages!<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt;
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